Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	162
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	152
3	Journal of Hazardous Materials	150
4	Chemosphere	135
5	Journal of Environmental Management	124
6	Environmental Science & Technology	117
7	Water Research	112
8	Environmental Research	103
9	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	102
10	Environmental Pollution	100
11	Resources Conservation and Recycling	91
12	Environment International	83
13	Remote Sensing of Environment	82
14	Global Change Biology	81
15	Energy Policy	78
16	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	70
17	Waste Management	61
18	Marine Pollution Bulletin	60
19	Journal of Environmental Sciences	55
20	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	53
21	Environment Development and Sustainability	52
22	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
23	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
25	Water Resources Research	46
26	Biological Conservation	40
27	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	39
-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	39
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	39
30	Atmospheric Environment	37
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	37
32	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	35
34	Ecological Engineering	34
35	Climatic Change	33
36	Ecological Applications	32
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	32
-	Land Degradation & Development	32
39	Journal of Industrial Ecology	31
-	Ambio	31
-	Conservation Biology	31
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	31
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	31
-	Water Science and Technology	31
45	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Utilities Policy	30
-	Geocarto International	30
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
50	Waste Management & Research	29

-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	29
52	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	27
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	27
54	Marine Environmental Research	26
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	26
56	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25
57	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	24
59	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
-	Regional Environmental Change	23
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	23
62	Journal of Arid Environments	22
63	Environmental Technology	21
-	Biogeochemistry	21
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	21
66	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Environmental Management	20
70	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
-	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	19
-	Environmental Reviews	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
75	Water Environment Research	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	18
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
79	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	17
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	17
-	Natural Resources Forum	17
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	17
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	17
84	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	16
85	Journal of Radiological Protection	15
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	15
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	15
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	15
89	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	14
90	Wetlands	13
-	Environmental Engineering Research	13
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	13
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
95	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	12
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	12
99	Aerobiologia	11
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	11
-	Chemistry and Ecology	11
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	11
-	Health Physics	11
-	Mountain Research and Development	11
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	11
-	Aquatic Sciences	11
-	Environmental Conservation	11
108	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	10
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	10
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	10
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	10
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	10
-	Bioremediation Journal	10
-	Industrial Health	10
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	10
116	Natural Resource Modeling	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
-	Radioprotection	9
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	9
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	9
-	Climate Research	9
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	9
123	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Polar Record	8
-	Coastal Management	8
-	Environmetrics	8
127	Physical Geography	7
-	Arctic	7
-	Environment	7
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	7
-	Journal of Coastal Research	7
132	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	6
-	Grundwasser	6
134	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	4
135	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	3
136	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	2
-	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2
138	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	1